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‘Gaze’ contrasts with the US and Britain that prioritizes the elderly and those with chronic diseases
Indonesia is drawing attention from around the world by saying that it will first vaccinate medical workers, police, and soldiers aged 18-59 with the corona vaccine. This is the opposite of what the United States, the United Kingdom, and many other countries, which have started mass vaccinations, first administer it to the elderly at high risk of death.
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“Our goal is herd immunity,” said Amin Sobandrio, director of the Eikman Institute of Molecular Biology, Indonesia. “It is less effective to supply limited vaccines to older people with less exposure.”
Indonesia, the fourth largest in the world with a population of 250 million, has 550,000 confirmed cases so far. As the number of new infections exceeded 8,000 a day this month, the record high, the government is in a hurry to secure a vaccine. So far, it has ordered 260 million units from China’s Sinobag, the US Novabacks, Pfizer, and UK AstraZeneca.
Indonesia’s unusual vaccination strategy is paying attention to medical experts. Professor Laina McIntyre of the University of New South Wales in Australia said, “I may have thought this because Indonesia has a younger population, but I think it is appropriate to inoculate the elderly first.” “He said.
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